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That's horrendous. Platforms 13 and 14 are overcrowded and unsafe at the moment. All of the extra capacity for passengers that was bought by constructing the satellite lounge in 2002 has been used up. Does someone actually need to fall from the platform in order to get 15 and 16 built?

Yes to all that. A terminus at Stocksbridge, and then stops at Oughtibridge, Wadsley Bridge and Victoria (with a possible extra stop at Neepsend / Ski Village as that area develops) before joining the tram network at Nunnery sounds about right. I'd guess that a tram train route from Stocksbridge...

Not at all. It would have been great PR, and an excuse for naming ceremonies / a chance to show off the new stock at different stations along the route. TPE need all the positve press they can get at the moment. Installing a mchine that blows wads of £20 notes out of the side of the train as it...

They've just finished a thorough looking redevelopment of their Taylor Street museum, but I would imagine that it was designed around the need to house and display their current (very fine) collection of local tramcars and doesn't include spare space: http://www.mtps.co.uk/. There is the...

The very sorry looking remains of Wadsley Bridge station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadsley_Bridge_railway_station are on the same side of the A61 as Sainsbury's, right where the railway crosses the road, and there are a few good reasons to look at re-opening: the A61 is one of the main...

I'm not sure it is missing the point. Most of the reasons put forward for not offering a seat would not have been apparant to the woman's fellow passengers, and so would not have excused them refusing to do so.

I would say that feeling that it is acceptable to have to make a choice between standing or getting a poorly positioned seat is also a symptom of the rail passenger's equivalent of Stockholm syndrome ;)

There's nothing anorak-y about wanting to be able to look out of a window. It's a sign of how far our reasonable expectetations of rail travel have been lowered by years of poor service on the part of some TOCs and the government. Being willing to accept a seat with no view is one symptom of the...

There have been some incredibly unpleasant and mean spirited views expressed on this thread. I would have thought (and hoped) that offering a seat to someone who is carrying a very young child - whether breastfeeding or not - was a level of basic politeness that we all shared.

I'd give my right arm to see the surviving 502, 503 and a preserved class 507 running occasional services on Merseyrail, along with having a permanant and secure home on the network. Sounds far fetched, I know - but have a look at the epic awesomeness of what the New York Transit Museum manage...

Another vote for a tram train extension to Stocksbridge here. The whole stretch of the Don Valley betwen Sheffield City Centre and Stocksbridge has obvious potential both as a leisure destination and as a place to live which is within easy commuting distance of the city, but surrounded by...

It's insulting to anyone that travels - or tries to travel - by train that Grayling thinks he has the time to ponitificate about rail industry wages. How about making sure that the railway system actually works first? I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that pegging wages to a less favourable...

There are some really nice videos of hospital / pilgrimage trains to Lourdes from all over Europe on Youtube with, as you might expect, a fascinating selection of rolling stock:

I had two magical trips through France from Calais Maritime to Lourdes in the 1990s which were baically awash with SNCF awesomeness - Calais Maritime station itself, the hell raising double headed BB67000s that pulled the train on the first leg of the journey, switching to electric power at...

Brilliant! Thanks for posting. I probably shouldn't be excited by that. But I am.

I'll miss the White Rose with its honest mediocrity. The Beer House is a reminder that in SSP's eyes, there is nothing that it cannot strip of any soul, commoditise and sell back to you.

Like a lot of questions that rail travellers ask, this one probably indicates an expectation that we have which would make the railway system eaiser for us to use. Reliability and constancy are generally valued by customers, and part of that is trains turning up when - and where - you expect...

Bonus Citylink photo while we’re all waiting for regular route testing to begin.

150149 looking pretty swish at York. Looks like it’s had a lick of paint inside and new seat covers / grab handles.

One of the EMT liveried power cars was basking in the sun outside Craigentinny yesterday (along with two in Scotrail livery and a take of FGW liveried Mk3s).